String action feels different after practicing

[worldfusion]

Hi,

I'm new here. I have been playing guitar for a few years.

One weird feeling I get when I practice playing a lick over and over again is that I feel that the string action becomes higher after a while. Of course, physically, this isn't really happening. This weird feeling makes playing unpleasant. Does anyone get this feeling? If yes, why? Is this feeling just physcological?

Thanks.
Joe

 

[vansinn]

You're playing so energized that it's warming up the molecular structure in the string alloys!

Joke aside, because I think you'd also have reported the tuning pitch going down a touch, had the strings really started to go lighter on you..

I think it's actually more of a psychological thing.
I have the exact opposite, and very physiological, experience: Fingers just starts hurting

 

[Rachmaninoff]

I think it's actually more of a psychological thing.

This.

To me, after a while, I start feeling the strings like they are a caliber below; for example: the guitar is strung with .009's, I start feeling 'em like .008's.

At some point it bothered me, until I understood how warm up is important. Your fingers react somewhat different when your hand/arm muscles are warm.

 

[worldfusion]

You're playing so energized that it's warming up the molecular structure in the string alloys!

Joke aside, because I think you'd also have reported the tuning pitch going down a touch, had the strings really started to go lighter on you..

I think it's actually more of a psychological thing.
I have the exact opposite, and very physiological, experience: Fingers just starts hurting

Ok thanks, I'll keep this in mind as I practice.